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Economic Development

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SBA to co-host Twitter chat, webinar on disaster continuity planning

The U.S. Small Business Administration is partnering with the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety and the Federal Emergency Management Agency this month to help businesses become more aware of their risks while also …
By BPC Staff | Sep 17, 2018
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Iowa joins competition to land USDA agencies with combined budget of $1.6 billion

Des Moines Register: Iowa has joined a throng of states that want to land two USDA agency headquarters that Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue wants to move away from Washington, D.C. The Iowa Economic Development Authority said …
By BPC Staff | Sep 13, 2018
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Census data show Des Moines incomes rising, poverty rates declining

Des Moines Register: Iowa household incomes grew at a faster clip in 2017 than the rest of the nation, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today. But Iowans still earn less than the U.S. median …
By BPC Staff | Sep 13, 2018
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Workshops scheduled for IEDA community improvement grants

The Iowa Economic Development Authority has scheduled five regional application workshops for its Community Catalyst Building Remediation Program, which provides grants for the redevelopment, rehabilitation or deconstruction of buildings to stimulate economic growth or reinvestment, …
By BPC Staff | Sep 13, 2018
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A Closer Look: Jen Cross

Jen Cross had every intention of leaving Des Moines, and she did — for a year.

But the pull of family, Cyclone football and basketball, and a city that was fast becoming a darling of …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Sep 12, 2018
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Atlantic plans panel on heartland health

The Atlantic, a magazine and multi-platform publisher, plans a one-day look at the future of the heartland, with a panel of local and national leaders appearing in Des Moines Sept. 20 at Curate. The event …
By BPC Staff | Sep 12, 2018
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Georgia developer: Whitewater would put D.M. ‘over the top’

Columbus, Ga., developer Mat Swift arrives this afternoon for a three-day visit to Greater Des Moines during which he will rally Greater Des Moines Partnership investors and others interested in developing a whitewater course along …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Sep 12, 2018
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Oct. 3: W.D.M. Economic Development Bus Tour

Host: West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce and the city of West Des Moines
About: Hop on board a luxury motor coach when the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce and the city of West …
By BPC Staff | Sep 11, 2018
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Connecting the gems

The steady creep of the Great Recession probably was going unnoticed in late 2007 and early 2008 unless you were losing your job, your retirement savings or a piece of development land.

When it struck …
By KENT DARR | Sep 6, 2018
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Unemployment tax rates to remain unchanged for 2019

Iowa Workforce Development officials announced that the unemployment tax rate table will remain unchanged for 2019. Tax rates will be the second-lowest allowed by law, at Table 7 of 8 tables. The unemployment insurance rate …
By BPC Staff | Sep 6, 2018